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RE: The Steem Sister Show - Episode 60 // Feminism (Extended Episode)
Great comment @soyrosa! White men in their 40s/50s are committing suicide at absolutely alarming rates in the US, and it's theorised that it's mainly due to loneliness - because the baby boomer men don't have close friends or people they can truly talk to... as well as the pressures of feeling outdated, losing jobs, family pressures, etc.
All of these issues, on both sides, just wouldn't exist if we started a brand new country today... it almost feels silly that our society somehow created these problems in the first place.
All that you say is absolutely true and sad. I believe this 'definition of male' is a bit 'deeper' engrained in some countries than it is in the Netherlands (although I'm living in a city, I honestly have no 'real' clue what's happening in the countryside...) but I have seen first-hand how my father (50+) has had to learn to be more emotional and expressive about stuff he's concerned with throughout his life. He even got a brain cloth from it at some point, it didn't leave permanent damage, fortunately, but I've seen how he learned from it afterwards. He's more concerned about other people's well-being and I get waaaaaaay more hugs and my mother has seen my father cry for the first time in their 35+ year marriage only 2 years ago.
Societies need time, we'll get there, but there's still a long way to go. Thanks for your reply @aussieninja, I appreciate it :-)